Rhetorical Device Examples
Time after time
What is an example of repetition?
Shakespeare brought different insights into his pieces which others were and still are able to look at and learn from.
How is Shakespeare related to teaching?
Tells reader that the words being repeated are significantly important.
What impact does repetition have on readers?
Aristotle's methods actually state the obvious and extracts something useful or fundamental.
What can you say about Aristotle's methods?
She felt like she had a golden ticket.
What is an example of an allusion?
No pain, no gain.
What is an example of parallelism?
Shakespeare is the most well known poet and has the best living reputation. Shakespeare has influenced many writers by bringing certain topics into his pieces which brought different insights.
Can you elaborate on the reasons why Shakespeare is famous?
Helps readers understand passages better.
What impact does parallelism have on a reader?
Shakespeare should not have adapted Aristotle's methods.
What conclusions can you draw from the information provided?
It's so beautiful I could just die.
What is an example of dramatic irony?
I like onions, but they don't like me.
What is an example of a personification?
Shakespeare.
Can you recall who the most famous poet is according to the information provided?
Allows readers to create a vivid image in their head to better understand to passage.
What impact does a personification have on a reader?
An example is Shakespeare's comedies, he shys away from the obvious and goes more with the subtle work. On the other hand Aristotle's methods actually state the obvious and extracts something useful or fundamental.
What is an example of why Aristotles methods should not have been adapted by Shakespeare?
Object or idea that repeats itself throughout literary work.
What is a Motif
Im dying of thirst.
What is an example of a hyperbole?
Shakespeare deserves all of the fame he has been given.
What conclusions can you draw from the information provided?
Helps readers know what characteristic is being emphasized.
What impact does a hyperbole have on the reader?
“ For instance, it is a strength of Aristotle that he does not flinch from stating the obvious: he extracts from the obvious something useful, or even fundamental. Contrariwise, the interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedies often flinches from the obvious, and falls in consequence into the super subtle or the arbitrary” (Hale).
What information can you gather to support the idea that Shakespeare should not have adapted Aristotles methods?
Allows readers to know important information that the character doesn't and gives them an insight.
What impact does dramatic irony have on a reader?
Rocky road.
What is an example of alliteration?
“Shakespeare occupies a position unique in world literature. Other poets, such as Homer and Dante, and novelists, such as Leo Tolstoy and Charles Dickens, have transcended national barriers, but no writer’s living reputation can compare to that of Shakespeare…” (Brown).
What information can you gather to support the idea that Shakespeare deserves all the fame he has been given?
Focuses a readers attention on a certain part of the text.
what impact does an alliteration have on a reader?
Both Aristotle and William Shakespeare followed certain guidelines throughout their writing in tragedies. Aristotle's interpretation of a tragedy's guidelines is expressed in Shakespeare's plays as William Shakespeare was greatly inspired by Aristotle and firmly believed in his ideas.
How is Shakespeare related to Aristotle?
Give readers a deeper meaning to a story by referring to another piece of work that most are familiar with.
What impact does an allusion have on a reader?